(a) No person shall operate a vehicle exceeding a size specified in Section 339.03 or exceeding a gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr) of 14,000 pounds upon any street in the City other than a designated State or Federal route, except those local streets designated as a truck route and marked as such by the appropriate signage. Drivers of such vehicles may provide services to and may deliver to and pick up from goods or property not located on such designated truck routes, or may visit commercial establishments for the purpose of eating, refueling, or conducting such other necessary business provided such commercial establishment provides adequate off-street parking to accommodate such vehicles and provided such vehicles are only operated in a reasonable way between the designated route and the place of delivery, pick up, service, or such commercial establishment, or as otherwise directed by a police officer, or may perform any such other legitimate business or act other than passage through the City. School busses as defined by Section 301.35 shall be expressly exempt from the limitations imposed by this Section.
(b) Local Permit and Conditions. Upon application and for good cause, the City Manager or his designee may issue a local permit authorizing an applicant to move an oversize or overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles upon local streets.
No permittee shall be required to obtain a special permit from the Ohio Director of Transportation for the movement of the vehicle or combination of vehicles on streets or highways under local jurisdiction; however, the approval of the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required for movement upon State routes as provided in Section 339.01.
The City Manager or his designee may grant a permit for a single or round trip, or for such period of time, not to exceed one year, as the City Manager or his designee in his discretion deems advisable, or for the duration of any construction project. The City Manager or his designee may limit or prescribe terms or conditions of operation for such vehicle or combination of vehicles by designating the route, hours, speed or such other restrictions as may be necessary for the preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety. The City Manager or his designee may require the posting of bond or other security necessary to compensate for any damage to a roadway or road structure.
For each such permit, the City Manager or his designee shall charge ten dollars ($10.00), and for each hour of time or any part thereof spent by each police officer in supervising the movement of such vehicle, the applicant shall pay the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per hour per officer. The charge can be prorated into fifteen minute increments.
Signs shall be posted indicating "No Thru Trucks - Gross Weight 14,000 pounds" or words of similar import to apprise drivers of the limitations imposed by this section. No driver shall disobey the instructions indicated on any such sign.
Violation of any of the limitations, terms or conditions of the permit granted by the City Manager or his designee shall be cause for immediate revocation or suspension of such permit, and denial of request for any future permit. Such violation shall also subject the violator to the penalty prescribed by Section 303.99.
(Ord. 96-1691. Passed 3-19-96; Ord. 2021-81. Passed 4-20-21.)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 96-1691. Passed 3-19-96.)